Google Bans Siri Knockoff App and Developer

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You may have heard of Siri, that sultry vixen with the smooth voice who doesn't know where abortion clinics are but likes to curse out twelve-year-olds. Well, like most sultry vixens (trust me, I know like two… that I saw… on TV… once), she's not a fan of imitators, and even rival Google will ban a Siri knockoff and its developer from the Android Market.

Sad, really, that this second-rate, nothing-like-Siri knockoff was banned, since it was nothing more than a button (shaped like the Siri icon) that opened Google Voice Actions. In other words, it was a mean trick for anyone who wanted Siri for free.

And that poor developer had already had another fake-as-hell application banned, which was called Pinterest, and was billed as "a mobile wrapper for Pinterest's own mobile website."

Really curious as to this guy's intentions. Seems like a whole bunch of work to just to be a minor inconvenience to people for free. Guess some folks have the luxury of time.

So lesson learned, everyone: leave Siri alone. You can't win. If you're a child, your ears will long sting from her retorts and if you're an adult trying to imitate her, you'll be forever banned from the Android Market.